Livonia police briefs: shoplifting reported at stores

Cart of merchandise pushed out

Livonia police were called Sept. 7 to Walmart, 29555 Plymouth, on the report of a retail fraud.

When police arrived, they spoke to an employee, who told them the suspect had pushed out a cart of items without paying for them. He then got into a vehicle, which pulled away. Police located the vehicle and pulled it over nearby in Wonderland Village. The employee told police they noticed the suspect fill the cart with items and begin to look nervous. He then pushed it out without paying. Police arrested him and took him to the police station for processing.

Toothbrushes taken

Police were called Sept. 6 to Rite Aid, 27401 Six Mile, on the report of a retail fraud.

An employee told police they saw the male suspect and believed he had taken razors from the store. An employee said they saw him enter the store, go to the hygiene aisle and then abruptly leave with several concealed items in his jacket. She confronted him, though he ignored her and fled on a bicycle. He was last seen riding on Ryland in Redford. They later checked and saw two electric toothbrushes were missing.

– Compiled from reports filed with the Livonia Police Department.

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